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Sep 1, 2016The end result sure looks promising from the moment you hit play, with over an hour of music and 18 tracks to look forward to, the kind of full length project all those [Kickstarter] backers have demanded.
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Aug 26, 2016It sounds great while it’s playing and means nothing except that it sounds great and will sound just as great 10, 20, 30 years from now.
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Aug 26, 2016An eclectic genre mashup with an enviable roster of guests, And The Anonymous Nobody… bristles with creative rebirth and more than a touch of hard-earned, “we’re back” braggadocio.
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MagnetNov 16, 2016This is a mature work. [No. 137, p.54]
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The WireOct 21, 2016Judging by the music on And The Anonymous Nobody, their sights are set firmly on the future. [Sep 2016, p.49]
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Sep 1, 2016While they exceed expectations on these non-assisted tracks, De La Soul also more than hold their own against their superstar guests.
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Aug 26, 2016And The Anonymous Nobody is a more than worthy edition to their legacy, proving how relevant this treasure of a band is.
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Aug 26, 2016Skits and the odd miss accepted, and the Anonymous Nobody… is a grand achievement. Regardless of whether their next project requires outsourced funding or not, De La Soul fans worldwide will just be happy if the group can keep up these standards while never forgoing their wayfaring creativity.
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Aug 25, 2016[A] sparkling, multi-faceted comeback album.
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Aug 22, 2016The strength of and the Anonymous Nobody... remains how it holds together as a complete, cohesive listen.
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Aug 19, 2016There are certainly more strong points than weak points to be concentrated on here. All the tracks that centre around Posdnuos, Trugoy and Maseo see De La Soul at full strength with their rhymes as sharp and playful but seemingly wiser than ever before.
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Aug 19, 2016And The Anonymous Nobody is still an impressive new installment in what has been a largely-unblemished career run.
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Q MagazineAug 5, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody delivers. [Sep 2016, p.104]
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MojoAug 5, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody is another stroke of inventive brilliance from ever-humble, non-showboating masters of the long-playing arts. [Sep 2016, p.92]
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Aug 5, 2016Exhausting, ridiculous and full of life, De La Soul still do it like no-one else.
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UncutAug 5, 2016Broad in scope, and naturally playful, this is a spectacular, fresh as the proverbial, triumph. [Sep 2016, p.73]
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Sep 7, 2016And the Anonymous Nobody is an album that, though lacking in congruence, displays De La’s staying power.
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Aug 26, 2016Tracks like the loopy "Snoopies" (with David Byrne) and old-school throwdown "Whoodeeni" (with 2 Chainz) are glorious bug-outs, but the urban cautionary tale "Greyhounds" (echoing Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," with Usher on the hook) is a reminder that De La are often more powerful when they're less goofy.
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Aug 26, 2016While and the Anonymous Nobody won’t resonate with everybody, it’s still a glimpse into who De La Soul are today, where they’ve been, and what they’ve learned.
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Sep 6, 2016Middle-aged rap has rarely sounded more grown, with all the mixed-blessing perspective that comes with it. Anonymous Nobody is kind of a downer, but sometimes that’s what you need, especially when the optimism’s just below that melancholy surface.
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Sep 29, 2016It's nice to hear De La Soul stretching themselves creatively, and even the less successful detours are interesting additions to an already eclectic catalogue.
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Sep 13, 2016It’s a good comeback for De La Soul, and there’s plenty to really enjoy here, but there are too many occasions where tracks loiter for too long, not outstaying their welcome as such, just not doing a great deal with it.
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Sep 1, 2016There are enough highlights to make And the Anonymous Nobody worth revisiting, but as a whole, the album is just barely above average. A valiant effort, De La Soul, but no dice on this one.
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Aug 30, 2016As it is, it's a bit of a confused mess that needs some serious editing.
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Aug 29, 2016Too many songs meander past the five-minute mark, loitering without intent.
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Aug 26, 2016It’s only in the moments with somebody else in the driving seat that The Anonymous Nobody shines.
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Aug 25, 2016Snoopies, featuring David Byrne at peak David Byrne, have excellent elements wasted, by being crudely cut-and-shut together. But the way Pos and Dave rap, letting rhymes spill over bar intervals and beyond, is the biggest pleasure, and the straightforward hip-hop tracks such as Pain and Property of Spitkicker.com are perhaps the best.
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Aug 12, 2016There is perhaps a great album here. But amid this 17-track sprawl, it’s hard to find.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 35
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Mixed: 6 out of 35
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Negative: 2 out of 35
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